Atmospheric three-dimensional inverse modeling of regional industrial emissions and global oceanic uptake of carbon tetrachloride

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 10421-10434

  Xiao, X ^a,g   Prinn, R G ^a   Fraser, P J ^b   Weiss, R F ^c   Simmonds, P G ^d   O'Doherty, S ^d   Miller, B R ^e   Salameh, P K ^c   Harth, C M ^c   Krummel, P B ^b   Golombek, A ^a   Porter, L W ^b   Butler, J H ^e   Elkins, J W ^e   Dutton, G S ^e   Hall, B D ^e   Steele, L P ^b   Wang, R H J ^f   Cunnold, D M ^f  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GLOBAL OCEAN; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; KALMAN FILTER; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; STRATOSPHERE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 78149327184     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-10421-2010     Document Type: Article

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